Washington Navy Yard

Washington Navy Yard
Part of Naval Support Activity Washington
Southeast Washington, D.C. in the United States
An aerial view of Washington Navy Yard during 2021
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Coordinates	38°52′24″N 76°59′49″W / 38.87333°N 76.99694°W / 38.87333; -76.99694
Type	Naval support base
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Navy
Controlled by	Naval District Washington
Condition	Operational
Website	Official website
Site history
Built	1799 (1799)
In use	1799 – present
Events	Labor strike (1835) Mass shooting (2013)
Garrison information
Current commander	CAPTAIN Mark C. Burns
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Official name	Washington Navy Yard
Designated	19 June 1973
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Designated	11 May 1976
Reference no.	73002124
Areas of significance	Architecture Industry Military
Architect	Benjamin Latrobe et al.
Architect	Colonial Revival Late Victorian
D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites
Designated	8 November 1964[1]

The Washington Navy Yard (WNY) is a ceremonial and administrative center for the United States Navy, located in Washington, D.C. It is the oldest shore establishment of the U.S. Navy, situated along the Anacostia River in the Navy Yard neighborhood of Southeast D.C.

Formerly operating as a shipyard and ordnance plant, the yard currently serves as home to the Chief of Naval Operations and is headquarters for the Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Reactors, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command, Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy Installations Command, the National Museum of the United States Navy, the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General's Corps, Marine Corps Institute, the United States Navy Band, and other more classified facilities.

In 1998, the yard was listed as a Superfund site due to environmental contamination.^[2]